‘How the Bills utilize McKenzie on offense will be something to monitor moving forward. The speedy wideout has proven that he’s a threat with the ball in his hands. Perhaps getting the former Georgia Bulldog more touches will be a focus for Buffalo when it returns from its bye.’

‘“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” Polian said. “When we went through the growth process, we weren’t a four-time Super Bowl team right off the bat. It takes a while. There’s nothing but good things happening [in Buffalo] from my perspective.”’

‘The good news is all that money for those players (Marcell Dareus, Cordy Glenn, Tyrod Taylor, et al) will be off the books, and Terry and Kim Pegula can spend like crazy, rich baseball owners — if they want — in 2019.’

‘I’ve watched enough of him through offseason and training-camp practices, preseason games and his regular-season appearances to see a decent sampling of that elevated level of skill and competitiveness that separate good quarterbacks from great ones. I’m not saying Allen is great; that must be consistently demonstrated for multiple seasons.’

‘So far, Allen has shown he lacks the consistency and accuracy to match the lofty expectations of a seventh overall draft pick. He doesn’t consistently go through his progression reads quickly enough to deliver throws in a timely fashion. Balls that come out slow either don’t reach the receiver or fail to get to the receiver when he’s able to make a play after the catch.’

‘Steve Tasker: The best performance of the season so far has to be the Bills defense. Ranked number one at the halfway mark of the season after facing the sixth most offensive plays may be one of the most impressive seasons ever for a defense in franchise history.’

‘“It’s nice to do something in the community where I grew up,” said Stanford, who graduated from the Metropolitan Learning Center in 2008, but played football for Bloomfield High because his school didn’t have a team. “It’s nice to see the smiles of joy on their faces.”’

‘”We were in on guys on offense. But it got to the point where they were either higher than we thought they were valued,” Beane said. “Or there were cases where we lost out. A guy wanted to go where there was an established quarterback.”‘

‘It’s taken McDermott and Beane less than two years to completely revamp the Bills’ roster in their image. Only 12 players on Buffalo’s current 53-man roster were on the team when the two executives arrived in the 2017 offseason.’

‘“It’s a competitive thing,” Allen said. “Guys really take it seriously. It’s a thing to kind of decompress and relax and still be involved in sport, you know? Literally, guys from different places, different parts of the locker room are coming to the table in front of my locker to play and they’re talking and people are sitting down and watching sometimes and they’re talking. It just kind of brings people together. As small as it may sound, it’s just kind of a cool thing to have in the locker room.”’

‘Considering the limited production the Bills have been getting at receiver this season, Thompson could help. He gives the team another fleet option to go with Foster. Thompson had six catches of 25-plus yards for the Bills last season.’

‘A panel of former players from the NFL Legends Community will select eight finalists – four from each conference. The winner will be selected by a vote of current players. Each team’s players will submit a consensus vote for the winner, and the players cannot vote for their teammate.’

‘”Twenty-five led to 30, 30 led to 40 – when we hit 50 games in a row I knew it was the point of no return,” Johnson said at a Bills Backers bar in New York called McFadden’s the night before his 400th game. “That was 350 games ago.”‘

‘This will be Thompson’s third stint with Buffalo, playing one game for the Bills in 2014 and 11 games in 2017. In 2017, Thompson led all Bills receivers and was third on the team with 27 catches and 430 receiving yards. Thompson is best known for being able to stretch the field, a trait that has been questionable with the current group of wideouts in Buffalo.’

‘Buffalo Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka has been named as the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against the New York Jets. Hauschka went 2-for-2 on field goals this past Sunday, including a 54-yarder, as well as going 5-for-5 on extra points for a total of 11 points in the Bills’ 41-10 win.’

‘Including Monday night’s release of quarterback Nathan Peterman, the Bills’ 53-man roster is down to 51 with the team in its bye week. No corresponding roster moves have been announced to fill those spots.’

‘The Bills signed Pryor on Oct. 30 to try and bolster their wide receiver group and the team’s last-ranked offense. Pryor was on the field for 83 percent of the offensive snaps in his first game against the Chicago Bears and had his snap count cut down to 43 percent in the Bills’ win over the New York Jets.’

‘Pryor had just two catches on eight targets for 17 yards in two games. He became the odd man out after Robert Foster had 105 yards receiving in a 41-10 win over the New York Jets on Sunday, a day after the rookie was promoted off the practice squad.’

‘The Bills, at 3-7, have opted for more youth at wide receiver. Rookies Robert Foster and Ray-Ray McCloud both saw some of their most extensive playing time of the season Sunday, partly at the expense of Pryor’s snaps. The Bills also claimed second-year receiver Isaiah McKenzie off waivers last week from the Denver Broncos.’

‘This has been a theme of Pryor’s career since he left Cleveland after the 2016 season, during which he seemingly established himself as a starting-caliber receiver with a 1,000-yard season. Since then, he’s failed to latch onto the Redskins, Jets, and now the Bills. It’s his failure to stick with the Bills that is the most concerning, because the Bills roster is devoid of starting-caliber receivers. Zay Jones leads the team with 392 receiving yards. Next is Kelvin Benjamin with 302 receiving yards. A lot of that has to do with the Bills’ quarterback situation, but the receivers aren’t exactly helping.’

‘The wideout signed a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Jets in March before suffering from a fractured ankle shortly after. He missed most of the preseason but returned for the start of the regular season, where he was targeted 22 times for 14 receptions, 235 yards and two touchdowns through six games with New York before suffering a groin injury.’

‘During his time in Buffalo, Pryor caught just two passes for 17 yards. All of that production came in the Week 9, 41-9 loss to the Chicago Bears. Last Sunday against the Jets, Pryor was held off the scoresheet against his former employer. He was targeted just three times in the 41-10 win.’

‘Last week, the Bills added youth and speed to the roster at the receiver position in the form of Isaiah McKenzie, who was claimed off waivers last week, and calling up Robert Foster from the practice squad.’

‘“You watch Lorenzo Alexander, to name just one play of his where [it was the] second to last play of the game and he’s from one side of the field to the sideline and trying to make a play. That says a lot about who we are, what we’re trying to do here and the leadership that I appreciate that Lorenzo brings to the table.”’

‘Surrounding Allen with offensive playmakers should also be a focus for the Bills, according to Sobleski. Allowing Allen to disperse the ball to weapons who are able to create plays and make defenders miss would take some of the burden off of the young quarterback’s shoulders. Through 10 games this season, the Bills rank near the bottom of the league in offensive yards per game, averaging 268.6.’